Heddle.



PATENTED JULY 3, 1906 W. B. RUSSELL.

HEDDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22,1905.

, anvcm i'oz lemma/Z al'l'ornely WILLlAM B. RUSSELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

, HEDDLE.

Specification of [Letters latent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed June 22,1905. Serial Ho- 260.136.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. RUssnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, certain new and useful Improvements in Hed-. dles; and I do declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact deseri tion of t e invention, such as will enable ot ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in heddles, and more in tapestry and ve vet-carpet looms.

The object of the invention is to provide a heddle of this character which when worn out at one end maybe reversed, so that its life will be doubled. a

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved heddle. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on 3 in Fig. 1.

Referringto the drawin s denotes my improved heddle erably constructed from a flat piece of steel and has adjacent to each of its ends elongated openings or slots 2 to receive the rods which retain it in the heddle-frame. The central portion of the heddle is twisted slightly, as clearly shown in ings. to allow the warps to work free and yet at the same time "cry close together. In this by numeral, 1

the heddle is formed a long longitudinallyextending slot 4 to receive the stufier-warp, and adjacent to each end of said slot 4 is formed an o )ening 5 to receive the printwarp. It will be understood that only one of t e openings 5 is used at a time, that one in the county of Philadelphia articularly to those for usehave invented .p

verting the heddle-frame and employing the opposite end of the slot 4 and its adjacent openin 5 Since the wear of the warps of t e he dies is only at the upper portion, the rovision of the opening or e e 5 at each en of the slot 4 will permit the ouble use of the heddles. This heddle is free from an or indentations that will break t e warp threads, and it will not stretch or break from the strain of the warps. c

From the fore oing description, taken in connection with t e accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Whi c this heddle is particularly adapted for use on tapestry and carpet looms, it will the line 3 5 which is prefbe understood that it may be employed u onlooms of other kinds.

It will also be un erstood that various changes in the form, pro portion; and the minor details of construc tion may be resorted to without departing from the princi le or sacrificing any of the advantages of t iis invention.

H avin g thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A heddle having intermediate its ends a 4 slot for the stufl'er-warp and ad'acent to each end of said slot an opening or the printwarp, whereby when said heddle is worn out at one end it may be reversed.

2. A heddle consisting of a flat metal strip 2 having a slightly-twisted central portion and l openings adjacent to its ends to Figs. 2 and 3 of the draw- 3 permit it to be attached to a heddle-frame, said twisted central portion being formed with a longitudinally-extending slot for the stufi'er-warp and twlsted central or intermediate portion 3 of ing for the print-warp,

heddle is worn out at one end it may be reheing the uppermost; but I rovide two of (f l 5 are, by in-':

versed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WIIJJAM l3. RUSSELL.

Nitnesses:

Howimn E. KNELL. E. W. ltnnn.-

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